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A Group of Chinese Hardstone Miniature Musical Instruments
Estimate: $400-$600
Sold
$225
Live Auction
Asian Decorative Art
Size
Length of longest 5 1/4 in., 13.2 cm.
Description
A Group of Chinese Hardstone Miniature Musical Instruments
20th Century
雜寳民樂樂器文房一組十八件
each worked with various hardstone specimens shaped and softly polished, some with painted details and strings for plucking, fashioned with a mallet or bow for striking or bowing, or pierced with an aperture for blowing, comprising: three huqin, a violin, a zither, two lutes, yueqin and sanxian, a pair of handbells, cymbals, gong, two sets of chimes, two of drums, and three bamboo flutes, one sheng and two dizi; each raised on a conforming hardwood stand.
each worked with various hardstone specimens shaped and softly polished, some with painted details and strings for plucking, fashioned with a mallet or bow for striking or bowing, or pierced with an aperture for blowing, comprising: three huqin, a violin, a zither, two lutes, yueqin and sanxian, a pair of handbells, cymbals, gong, two sets of chimes, two of drums, and three bamboo flutes, one sheng and two dizi; each raised on a conforming hardwood stand.
Length of longest 5 1/4 in., 13.2 cm.
Property from a Private Collector, Florida
Condition
Having several restorations and repairs alongside surface marks and nicks as variously pictured in additional photos available upon request. Each example with an associated complete stand, and one additional.